- Lee Mabee, 71, died Monday at the McKennan Hospital.
He was born in Parker, married Alma Witte on Aug 26, 1941, and was a lifelong resident of Parker. He managed the Standard Oil Station for 20 years, worked for the Turner County Highway Department four four years, and was Parker City Police Chief for fifteen years. He retired in 1974.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, William, Houghton, Mich; Robert, Vermillion, SD, and Lee Jr, Honolulu, Hawaii; five grandchildren; a brother Ollie, Warner Robins, Ga, and a sister, Mrs Beatrix Stanley, Coos Bay, Ore.
Memorial services will be 10 am Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church. The Hofmeister Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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- William Lee Mabee passed away Thursday, January 13, 2011, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Bill had been hospitalized several times in the last two years with complications of coronary artery disease. Funeral plans in Parker, SD, are pending.
William Lee Mabee was born July 12, 1945, in Sioux Falls, SD, the son of Lee and Elma (Witte) Mabee. He grew up in Parker, graduating from Parker High School in 1963. After completing his undergraduate training in nursing he was commissioned and entered active duty in the U.S. Army.
During his tour on active duty he was stationed at the 106 General Army Hospital Burn Unit, Yokohama, Japan, where he met his future wife Ichico Takimoto. After returning to the US Bill and Ichico were married at Fort Sam, Houston, TX, in December 1969. Upon his discharge they moved to Rochester, MN, to Mayo Clinic where Bill obtained his Masters Degree in Anesthesia and began a 32-year career as a Certified Nurse Anesthetist.
Bill and Ichico moved their growing family to Houghton, MI, and then to Windom, MN, where Bill provided anesthesia to several area hospitals. The last 5 years of Bill's practice were spent working "locums" at various hospitals across the US, eventually settling in Picayune, MS.
Bill is survived by his wife Ichico, Picayune, MS; two sons, Jason (Christianne), Kansas City, MO, and Judson (Hiroko), Los Angeles, CA; three grandchildren, Maxim, Sofia and Aya; brothers, Robert (Susan) Mabee and Dr. Lee (Donna) Mabee, both of Sioux Falls; and many nieces and nephews in the US and Japan.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents. The family can be contacted through williammabee@rapidnet.com.
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